Hat Making Project
Rounded Merry Widow Face Veil
Steam, shape and sew your own rounded bridal veil mounted on a headband.
Hat Making Project
Rounded Merry Widow Face Veil
Steam, shape and sew your own rounded bridal veil mounted on a headband.
Projects / Rounded Merry Widow Face Veil
Project Overview
In this project, millinery tutor Elena Shvab explains how to make a rounded veil mounted on a headband.
Merry widow veiling is such a classic look and rounded veils, which encircle the entire head, never go out of style. The key to a perfectly rounded veil is steam. Steaming veiling on a block gives it shape and body so that it stays off the wearer’s face and ‘stands alone.’
You can steam a veil on a domed crown block, a dolly head, or a poupée. If you don’t have any of these, you can even use a large styrofoam cake dome shape. You can find these online and I find that they are a very good (and inexpensive) substitute for a professional veiling block.
Elena finished her veil off with a simple fabric bow at the top of the crown to hide the stitching. You can do the same or choose a different trim.
Category: Bridal, Fascinators
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What You Need
- Merry widow veiling
- Needle
- Matching thread
- Invisible thread (clear fishing wire)
- Scissors
- Crown block/dolly head/poupée/styrofoam cake dome
- Headband
- Source of steam (eg. steamer, kettle or steam iron)
- Fabric bow or other trimming
- Embellishments (optional – eg. crystals, beading, feathers, felt spots)
- Tailor’s pins
Project Overview
In this project, millinery tutor Elena Shvab explains how to make a rounded veil mounted on a headband.
Merry widow veiling is such a classic look and rounded veils, which encircle the entire head, never go out of style. The key to a perfectly rounded veil is steam. Steaming veiling on a block gives it shape and body so that it stays off the wearer’s face and ‘stands alone.’
You can steam a veil on a domed crown block, a dolly head, or a poupée. If you don’t have any of these, you can even use a large styrofoam cake dome shape. You can find these online and I find that they are a very good (and inexpensive) substitute for a professional veiling block.
Elena finished her veil off with a simple fabric bow at the top of the crown to hide the stitching. You can do the same or choose a different trim.
Category: Bridal, Fascinators
What You Need
- Merry widow veiling
- Needle
- Matching thread
- Invisible thread (clear fishing wire)
- Scissors
- Crown block/dolly head/poupée/styrofoam cake dome
- Headband
- Source of steam (eg. steamer, kettle or steam iron)
- Fabric bow or other trimming
- Embellishments (optional – eg. crystals, beading, feathers, felt spots)
- Tailor’s pins
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